1Added: Paraphrase: A“declarationform”part,notlettered,inserted between parts J and K.
2Removed: Paraphrase: The applicant gives the name and EPIC number of familymemberswithwhomtheycurrentlyreside.
2Added: “Quoted in reporting: my name existsinElectoralRolloflastSIR”
3Added: “Quoted in reporting: my parents name (Father, Mother, Grandfather, Grandmother) exists in the electoral roll of last SIR”
4Added: “Quoted in reporting: neither my name nor my parents name exists in the electoral roll of last SIR”
5Added: Paraphrase: For either of the first two options: the Assembly constituency, booth number and serial number in the last SIR roll.
Form 6 as prescribed in the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 (last amended 17 Jun 2022) → Online Form 6 on ECINET, as seen by The Indian Express on 11 Jul 2026
Neither side is from a primary document. The statutory Form 6 could not be fetched: the ECINET portal serves only the 2022 Form 6 guidelines at voters.eci.gov.in/guidelines/Form-6_en.pdf, not the form. The 'before' lines paraphrase The Indian Express's description of the statutory form. The three options on the 'after' side are the portal's wording as The Indian Express quoted it; the other 'after' lines paraphrase its report. The online form sits behind a login and could not be opened. The report says the question was not marked mandatory, but the form could not be submitted without answering it. The Indian Express reported it was still on the portal on 21 Sep 2026.
Former CEC O P Rawat calls Form 6 change wrong and illegal
Former Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said the Form 6 change was wrong and illegal, called the internal division very serious and rare, and cautioned against software overriding field officers.
Attributed to O P Rawat, former Chief Election Commissioner
